University of Ottawa Skills and Simulation Centre
Ottawa, Ontario, K1Y3E9, Canada
Completed
NCT Number: NCT01653704
Learning Crisis Resource Management: Practicing Versus Observational Role in Simulation Training
The purpose of this study is to compare the effectiveness in learning crisis resource management (CRM) principles when being an active participant in simulation-based education versus being an observer participant. The investigators hypothesize that active participants will improve their CRM skills more than observer participants.
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Sex eligibility
All sexes
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Not applicable
Primary location
About this study
This will be a prospective randomized controlled study. Participants will be randomized to one of two groups with stratification according to their level of training: the active group and the observer group. Each participant of the active group will be paired with one of the participants from the observer group. The active participant will manage individually a simulated crisis scenario (pretest) while the paired observer participant will observe the scenario from outside the simulation room using a video transmission system. Immediately after, both participants will be debriefed by a trained instructor focused on CRM principles. The same active and observer participants will then individually manage another simulated crisis scenario (post-test). Two independent raters, blinded to the study design and to the randomization groups, will review the videos of all scenarios in a random order and rate each participant on their CRM performance using a global rating scale (GRS).
Who can participate
Healthy volunteers accepted: No
Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.
Inclusion criteria
- emergency medicine residents from the University of Ottawa
Treatment and study plan
observational role
Behavioralobservational role in crisis scenario
active role
Behavioralactive role in managing crisis scenario
Primary outcomes
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Total Ottawa GRS Score
Time frame: 1 day
The Ottawa GRS scale is a reliable and valid scale used to measure CRM performance in high fidelity simulation. The scale assesses five main CRM categories: leadership, problem solving, situational awareness, resource allocation and communication skills. In addition to these five categories, there is a category on overall performance of the participant. Each category is measured on a 7 point Likert scale with descriptive anchors to provide guidelines on alternating points along the scale. The categorical scores will be summed to give a total score of 6 to 42. Higher values represent a better outcome.
Sponsors and collaborators
Lead sponsor
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Other
Registry information
Important dates
- Study start
- 2012
- Primary completion
- 2014
- Study completion
- 2014
- First posted
- Jul 31, 2012
- Registry last updated
- Jan 14, 2019
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